A Shot in the Dark

My name is Taylor Palmeri and I was born in Buffalo, NY to my parents Susan and Tom. I have one older brother named Matthew. He’s always been extremely protective over me. My parents did not love each other, and all through my early life, they constantly fought. My dad rarely showed up to my school events, and I never once saw him at my soccer games. One day, when I was 8, I woke up and heard my dad’s car starting. I ran to the window, and saw him speed away. He never came back. Ever since he left Matthew has been a father figure to me. That day I decided I would never love a man, until I met Patrick. Patrick and I have known each other since we were in sixth grade. He wasn’t the smartest kid in our class, but he did have the biggest heart. We had always been best friends. We just understood each other. We didn’t get really close until sophomore year of high school. That was when we realized me might have feelings for each other. Pat and I dated for a year and everything was great, until hockey got in the way, and Pat decided that he did not have enough time to be with me anymore. It absolutely broke my heart. The boy who was my best friend, my shoulder to lean on, and my boyfriend, shattered my heart. I pushed Patrick out of my life after that. I did stay really close friends with his sisters (especially Jackie), but Pat had scarred me too much to keep seeing him. As I look back on it now, I know I probably shouldn’t have pushed Pat out the way I did, but now it’s hard to take it back. I’m moving to Chicago to take over my aunt Tracy’s restaurant. She was just diagnosed with a heart disease, and since I owned a small restaurant in Buffalo, my aunt thought that I would be the next best person to take it over. She owned a steakhouse right on the Chicago River called Chicago Cut Steakhouse. I’m terrified to take over the restaurant knowing that many of the Blackhawks dine there frequently. It’s like my fate is to run into Patrick Kane.

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